William Watts Ball (December 9, 1868 — October 14, 1952) was a newspaper editor, journalism dean, columnist, and writer in South Carolina.[1] He was noted for his Conservatism.[2] The Duke University Library has a collection of his papers.[3]
He was born in Laurens, South Carolina.[4]
The Editor and the Republic is a collection of his speeches and articles published by UNC Press.[5] John D. Stark wrote his thesis about him in 1961.[6]